Decoy anchor



-C. 0. SMITH DECOY ANCHOR Filed NOV. 6, 1940 izai lea ail/milk IN VEN TOR.

ATTORNEYS.

Patented Apr. 7, 1942 DECOY ANCHOR Charles 0. Smith, Virginia, Minn. Application November 6, 1940, Serial No. 364,590

7 Claims.

This invention relates to an anchor designed for use in connection with decoys made of wood, rubber, fiber or any other material. Anchors are usually connected to decoys by means of lines fastened to screw-eyes on the bottoms of the decoys. When the anchors are lowered to the bottom of the body of water on which the decoys rest, they serve to prevent the decoy from drifting.

Various types of anchors have been used but one of the objections found in the use of these anchors has been the difliculty in attaching to the decoy that end of the line to which the anchor is fastened. As a result, when a decoy is removed from a body of water and the line wrapped therearound in accordance with the usual practice, the lines and anchors of several decoys frequently become entangled while being packed or transported.

An object of the present invention is to provide an anchor so constructed that while as it serves all of the functions of an anchor, it also constitutes a means by which the line can be attached at one end to the decoy after it has been wrapped about the same.

A further object is to provide an anchor which is simple and durable in construction and easily handled for the purposes intended.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims, it being understood that changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed.

In the accompanying drawing the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a decoy equipped with the anchor constituting the present invention, said anchor being shown in position to prevent the decoy from drifting.

Figure 2 is a side elevation showing the position of the anchor after the line has been wrapped about the decoy.

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the anchor.

Figure 4 is an elevation of one end portion thereof.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference, D designates a decoy to the bottom of which is attached a line L, this being connected preferably to the decoy by means of a screw-eye E 55 although obviously it can be attached in any other manner desired.

The present invention comprises a split ring I formed of a heavy inert metal such as lead 5 and so proportioned that when the ring is closed together at its ends, it can fit about the neck of a decoy. From the free ends of the split ring are extended wings 2 which diverge outwardly from the ring when the ends are in contact, as shown in Figure 3. Each of these wings may be reenforced by a web 3 located between the wing and the adjacent portion of the ring. Openings 4 are formed in the two webs and one end of the line L is adapted to be secured in one of these openings.

When it is desired to use the anchor for the purpose of holding a decoy against drifting, the same is lowered to the bottom of the body of water on which the decoy is resting so that it will act efiiciently like any other anchor. When it is desired to remove the decoy and to put it aside for further use, the line L is wrapped about the body of the decoy and the anchor which is spread open as shown in Figure 1, is placed about the neck portion of the decoy. The ends of the anchor are then pressed together as shown in Figures 2 and 3 so that the end of the line and the anchor are both held properly assembled with the decoy and cannot become accidentally 3 removed therefrom and entangled with other anchors and decoys.

To remove the anchor for use as such, the thumbs of the user are inserted between the diverging ends 2 and said ends are pressed apart from the positions shown in Figure 3 until the shown in Figure 1.

What is claimed is:

1. An anchor for engagement with the bed of a stream to prevent a decoy from drifting, said anchor including a normally open, one-piece split ring of inert heavy material proportioned to surround a portion of a decoy and abut end to end and finger pieces at the ends of the split ring, there being means on the ring for engagement by a line extending from a decoy.

2. A decoy anchor including a split ring of inert heavy material, wings extending from the ends of the ring and providing finger pieces, and reenforcing webs interposed between the finger pieces and the ring.

3. A decoy anchor including a split ring of inert heavy material, wings extending from the ends of the ring and providing finger pieces, and reenforcing webs interposed between the finger pieces and the ring, and means for attaching a line to one of the webs.

4. A decoy anchor including a split ring of inert heavy material, wings extending from the ends of the ring and providing finger pieces, and reenforcing webs interposed between the finger pieces and the ring, and means for attaching a line to one of the webs.

5. A decoy anchor including a split ring of inert heavy material, wings diverging outwardly from the ends of the ring and providing finger pieces, and reenforcing webs interposed between the finger pieces and the ring, and means for attaching a line to one of the webs, there being a line-receiving aperture in one of the webs.

6. The combination with a decoy and a line connected at one end thereto, of a normally open, one-piece split ring of heavy inert material connected to the other end of the line, said ring being proportioned to encircle the neck of the decoy, when bent to closed position.

7. The combination with a decoy and a line connected at one end thereto, of a split ring of heavy inert material embracing the neck portion of the decoy and connected to the other end of the line, outwardly diverging wings at the ends of the ring constituting finger pieces, and reenforcing means interposed between and integral with the finger pieces and the ring.

CHARLES 0. SMITH. 

